In ghetto, there was a creation...
of a certain communist movement.
And some of the leaders in the communist movement--
some of them were very good friends of mine that we went to school together.
They organized--
and in particular, our ressort was excellent.
We did what we would call here in the United States...
slowdown strikes.
When the management wanted us to do 10 pieces a day,
we would do only two.
And we realized...
that the management would be afraid to do anything to us...
because if they openly would say...
that you got a slowdown strike,
they would be punished by the Germans.
So, in a way, we were playing them against the Germans,
and we are saving our lives by very low production.
So I say this because in many instances,
I heard so many times being said...
that the Jews didn't do anything;
they went like sheep to the ovens.
But it's not true, because...
this was also a resistance.
Resistance does not have to be with a gun and a bullet.
As a matter of fact, sometimes...
the easiest resistance is with a gun and a bullet.
But many times, the consequences of taking a gun and shooting a German...
would be that they would take hundred other people and kill them,
so that would not accomplish much.
But a resistance like this is a resistance.
A resistance when a mother gave a piece of bread to the child...
so that he would survive, it is a resistance.
[ Coughs ]
A resistance was, in the Lodz ghetto, that we had symphony orchestra.
And this orchestra played, and it was cold.
But by playing in ghetto, they gave the people the will to live another day...
and another day and another day.
Yes, it was maybe not legal, but it was a resistance.
A teacher that was teaching the children in ghetto--
It was resistance. It was illegal.
So that there are many other forms of resistance,
which is spiritual and moral and so on.